Maybe. I don't think it's an issue at all in this case. It's three starts for a team that's going to finish with the second worst record in baseball. It's not going to hurt him.

That's true, I guess it's better to be safe. the coaches know more than me obviously. It's just strange that pitchers born in the 1940's or 1950's like Seaver, Carlton, Ryan, Sutton and so on pitched a lot of innings and it didn't hurt them but nowdays it's looked down upon to pitch so many innings. Maybe the conditions back then were easier, I just don't get it.